Ryan: We've had 'missteps,' but choice is clear

By JEDD ROSCHE

09/30/2012 09:46 AM EDT

Paul Ryan admits there have been recent "missteps" in the Mitt Romney campaign, including Romney's "47 percent" comments at a Florida fundraiser earlier this year, but that they're offering a "clear choice" for who to vote for in November.

"First of all, 47 percent, Mitt acknowledges himself that was an inarticulate way of describing how we’re worried that in a stagnant Obama economy more people have become dependent on government because they have no economic opportunity," Ryan said on "Fox News Sunday."

"It was an inarticulate way to describe what we’re trying to do to create prosperity and upward mobility, and reduce dependency by getting people off welfare back to work. So, yeah, those -- we've had some missteps, but at the end of the day, the choice is really clear and we're giving people a very clear choice."

The Republican vice presidential nominee also blamed President Barack Obama for blunting part of their message with distractions and distortions.

"You know, in these kinds of races, people really focus near the end, and that's happening now," Ryan said. "The president has done a very good job of trying to distort our record."

Ryan also said he's seen bias in the mainstream media.

"I think most people in the mainstream media are left of center and, therefore, they want a very left-of-center president versus a conservative president like Mitt Romney," Ryan said.